PHILADELPHIA — We find ourselves in an unprecedented vortex of athletes acting as irredeemable idiots. These fellas aren’t exactly evil; just selfish, self-centered, and generally more odious than their peers, and acting in ways that are unprecedented in the annals of athletics. It’s like they’re in a race for decency and competing for last place. Consider this Mount Rushmore of narcissism. Is Ben Simmons, mental-health fraud, the biggest jerk in sports? Or is it Phil Mickelson, the most popular active golfer on the planet, who’s willing to get into bed with Saudis he calls murderers as long a…
